Nigeria shooting fans long-simmering anger at the state

Daniel Walter, 25, was among the protesters gathered in the Lekki suburb of Lagos, Nigeria’s economic and financial capital, when armed and uniformed men pulled up at the site on Tuesday evening. What happened next has drawn international condemnation and focused the world’s attention on the violent suppression of anti-government protests sparked by police impunity that have swept the country since early this month. Mr Walter, a businessman, said it was about 7pm, two hours after the start of a curfew declared by the Lagos governor, when the street lights suddenly went off around the Lekki toll gate, a regular site for the anti-police demonstrations. But he had no premonition of danger. “The...